Authorities have arrested a Riverside man in connection with a string of Orange County convenience store robberies, but a second man involved in the thefts remains at large.

Richard Gomez-Quiroz, 20, was charged Thursday with four felony counts of second-degree robbery. Investigators say he was the getaway driver in robberies at a Chevron gas station in Orange, a Mobile gas station in Santa Ana and a 7-Eleven in Newport Beach.

The businesses were all victimized within about an hour around 11 p.m. April 7, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.

Prosecutors said Gomez-Quiroz and his accomplice returned to the Chevron in Orange and robbed the business for a second time on May 1.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and the Santa Ana, Orange and Newport Beach police departments conducted a joint investigation and subsequently arrested Gomez-Quiroz on Tuesday.

His accomplice was described as wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, dark gray jacket, blue latex gloves, a bandana to cover his face and appeared to be holding a black semi-automatic handgun, authorities said.

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